Cleveland calm, but anger lingers

New York Times

May 24, 2015

Photo: OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENE, HO / New York Times

In a photo provided by the Office of the Ohio Attorney General, bullet holes are visible on the windshield and hood of a vehicle involved in a 22-mile police pursuit. Police arrested 71 protesters overnight after demonstrations over the acquittal of an officer who climbed onto the hood of the car after the chase and repeatedly shot at the two unarmed black occupants, the Cleveland police chief said Sunday, May 24, 2015. (Office of the Ohio Attorney General via The New York Times) -- EDITORIAL USE ONLY

In a photo provided by the Office of the Ohio Attorney General,...

CLEVELAND — Twenty-four hours before worshippers at Elizabeth Baptist Church gathered Sunday to sing hymns and take communion, a judge had acquitted a Cleveland police officer of manslaughter for his role in a car pursuit that ended with two unarmed black people fatally shot. The not-guilty verdict sparked demonstrations Saturday that began in orderly fashion but ended with dozens of arrests and prompted conversations at Elizabeth Baptist and across Cleveland about the city’s racial disparities.

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